Agreed. And remember, this applies to anyone who wants to be on a team this season, even if they registered so late that they are not guaranteed to be one. Initial team assignments (the first 250 who registered, minus the people who have already indicated they want to drop out, plus enough from the waiting list to get back up to 250) will be made at the happy hour. A few days later, the Cabal will make additional team assignments to make up for people who originally registered but do not join their team’s Strava club. Throughout the season, the Cabal will make additional team assignments to replace anyone who gets injured and needs to drop out.
Even if you aren’t in one of the 250 assigned to a team at the happy hour, the points for a person added from the waiting list will always be credited back to January 1. And you benefit by starting to ride on January 1 in two ways:
- The Cabal will admit off the waiting list only people who have actually ridden since January 1. So if you haven’t ridden, you won’t be assigned to a team.
- If someone gets injured and has to be replaced, the Cabal will try to replace them with someone who has ridden a similar amount. For example, Joe has ridden every day since January 1, and has achieved 2,000 points by January 31. However, on January 31, he gets injured and decides to leave the game. All of Joe’s points back to January 1 will be deleted. If he is replaced, the replacement’s points back to January 1 will be counted. And since the Cabal is trying to keep one team member’s injury from affecting the whole team, they will give preference in assigning someone to that team to someone who has about 2,000 points by then.
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